Wire splice or coupling.



A if, of olii ends ot. ences eed wires eoldootiog or el ity.

te of uw iuveiitiou me to provide :eli wi ne e l i 1s o, eide View end ll l l l l flier of wires or tenets epee, t I

are Simile' 1. to eeeli other g l retire to.

.Ey the peeulior eon'ornuttion ot' the sure .f the body amd errangemeutof the perwhereby e substantiel eroe is ed the conte-et of the rires, eneili- E mediate portion of t oUrmNo.

cient electrical eonrieotiou, ee W l pbysieel connecting together ofeorded.

"tE/viren oonneotg'bns'of the time .V desired, E is inserted into eedthe ierforetion t), bezit slightly trei; eed ozoo ot about 'che bodyetosiou E and its oud feesed riode? the mediate ooi-tion of 'toe 'wiseempf" the posterai-ion and there bout to orio the wire F is insertedinto and oase-ed ttzrou the perforation D, bent slightly treoeveree endnbrought about the ,be y into the deer-e sion A and ite 'end ess-edunder alle inter# .e wire ne 'the perforation and there bent to one Thusthe oonneetionor joining together o' the wires has been accomplished. Iin cose is desired that the wires that are being ooe` neoted, shell bedrawn taut, pliers ere er plied to the wire F, it beirrA the lestbrought into osition 'es just described, end 'the 'wire is pulpled aeinst the edge of the depression until the esired tension hasbeen-obteined when it' is bent transversely upon the inter wire adjacentthe mediate portion of the end of the perforation,I and the tensionsecured. Such strain tondino' to seperate the wires as may be imposedwill cause the pree- Sure of' their intermediate portions against theends of 'the wires and a einst the por tions A' and B of the bo y sothat the wires cannot be pulled asuzider but will only grin the body themore tightly. The pull of the wires will lo directly u1 line with eecl'iother ond the coupling will therebyT loe retained in true eliement. Bythe oeveliug or flaring of the extremities of the perforations, cuttingor abrasion of the wires is pre- Vented.

When it is desired to ouple a. line conn sisting of more than e, singleWire, the modified form of my iuvention, as shown in Fig. 5, may beneedh In this rorm of coupling provide the additional depressione G endend the perforetioiis eroniede of enlarged diameter; e plurality ofDerforetone may Toe used. The. operetlon o my mventlou with more wiresthat the one described for the two wires are inserted in and peset-1lthrough the ierforetion then the wires, one et e. time, are rought aboutinto the depressione G and 1s the seme es just single wire coupling;theA H ond each is secured in the manner ae here n'oefore described.

"What claim as my im errmon, and desirs 1 to secure by Letters Patent,

from its ends in a substsuti Lly diagonal di- E reotion and through theopposite sides of said body, substantially as dlsoi'ilied.

2. A con ling oi 'tha kind described, oonsisting of a Body substantiallyround. in r section and of suitable length having; perfo rationsextending from ends iil diaoiisl directions tlifougli the opposite sidesof smid body, and diagonalpeiiplieiol grooves pass-- ing said pefoationsat substantial ly rigid migles o said pei'fomions.

3. A coupling of the kind described, oor@ Sisting of a bodysubstantially ounal in crossseou and of suitable length having dingonally disposed perforation extending from `suoli (nul lilrfeol: :andthrough the said body', substantial coupling of illeliod 1 mg of a bodysubstaniisllj, .o

section :md of suitable lengt@ having a, diag-- onally f lisposd.perforation exonfliug fiom opposite sides ol" smid body, and diagonalperiplieml grooves mssizig said, pil'omiions it ibstan tially igl 1angles to said porfoi'aio'ns, said poipiernl grooves boing graduallylai'ed lownid lio remitjy ol the perforation most, disui Uien-,H025subsi-anlially as described.

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